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80 Holly Springs homes lose water service

About 80 homes in the Braxton Village subdivision of Holly Springs are without water this morning after a water line break in the intersection of Texana Way and Holly Meadow Drive. (original story)

Injured women listed in good condition

UNC-CH tennis star Christopher Kearney faces charges in crash that sent to students to the hospital. (original story)

Wake board backs cultural festival

By a one-vote margin, the Wake commissioners lent their support Monday to planning a new African-American cultural festival to be based in Raleigh. (original story)

UNC protesters guilty, but convictions vacated

District Court Judge Pat Devine found five UNC-Chapel Hill students guilty of failing to disperse during a campus protest in May but then vacated their convictions so they'll have no criminal records. (original story)

Agency head on leave during trip

Libba Evans, head of the state cultural agency, has been on unpaid leave since May 1 -- which means she wasn't on the clock when she participated in a trip to Russia and Estonia. (original story)

College leaders want debate on drinking age

College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18. (original story)

Schools to probe player's death

Fraley had cited dehydration, cramps. (original story)

Nurses ignored patient as he died

Nurses at the state's mental hospital in Goldsboro walked past a patient sitting in a chair for more than 22 hours before he died, according to an investigative report released Monday. (original story)

The Klan had traits of a gang

To Capt. Mark Bridgeman of the Fayetteville Police Department, there is a striking similarity between the Ku Klux Klan and the street gangs terrorizing some communities across North Carolina. (original story)

Tree work may delay traffic at interchange

Drivers could run into delays at the interchange of Jones Franklin Road and Interstate 440/U.S. 1 starting today, when work crews will be cutting trees near electric transmission lines. (original story)

Husband's DNA found at fatal beating scene

Wake County deputies have been investigating whether on the night Michelle Young was killed, her husband checked into a Virginia hotel and then drove back to Raleigh. (original story)

Hoarding mailman pleads guilty

Steven Padgett, a 58-year-old former mail carrier, admitted Monday in federal court he kept people's junk mail stacked in storage bins in his garage or buried in his backyard. (original story)

UNC study links spankers to abusers

Parents tempted to treat Junior's misbehavior with a lashing from a tree switch out back or dad's leather belt are being urged to think again. (original story)

Storm may not deliver needed rain to N.C.

Tropical Storm Fay may not provide much needed drought relief for North Carolina. (original story)

Back-to-school celebration planned

Wake County Schools Superintendent Del Burns will be the guest speaker at a free "Back To School Partnership Celebration" on Saturday. (original story)




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